ITI - Intercultural Theatre Institute

Yeo Yann Yann advanced her artistry through ITI (then named TTRP) and its innovative intercultural curriculum. She’s now a multiple Golden Horse Award-winning movie star.

Ready to advance your artistry? Step into your future as a creative powerhouse and join an elite lineage of global graduates. Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI)—the world’s premier intercultural conservatory—is currently accepting applications for the 2027 Intake.

The ITI Professional Diploma in Intercultural Theatre (Acting) offers a transformative three-year programme. Our unique curriculum seamlessly bridges contemporary performance techniques with rigorous, master-led training in traditional Asian forms, including Noh, Jingju, Kutiyattam, and Wayang Wong. Here, you will train under world-class master teachers to discover your distinctive artistic voice and launch an impactful international career.

Scholarships are available. This is the last year we’re offering our anniversary ITI25 scholarships, so reach out to us now at [email protected]!

Year 2 students presented Act 1, Scene 5 of Twelfth Night and Act 3, Scene 5 of As You Like It as the culmination of their term’s work on Shakespeare. In this scene work, under the guidance of Voice & Speech instructor Simon Stollery, students learnt how to balance speaking heighten language text with the with demands of playing comedy.

Voice & Speech training at ITI supports students in developing their vocal range for both contemporary and classical theatre.

In their Voice & Speech presentation, Year 1 students, guided by instructor Simon Stollery, demonstrated their knowledge of phonetics by introducing the audience to vowel and consonant phonemes found in their mother tongues, as well as the varieties of English they speak. They then used phonetic notation and phonemic classification to teach songs in Tulu, Kannada, Bengali, Negros Bisaya and Mandarin.

Voice & Speech classes at ITI empower students to explore the full expressive range of their vocal instruments in both contemporary and traditional theatre.

ITI proudly partnered with ATAM for the Nam Marabu Therukoothu Masterclass Series, held from 8 to 13 June at ITI Studio 3. Led by Master Palani Murugan, the series gave ITI students and performing artists in Singapore the chance to experience the intricacies of this traditional form.

Therukoothu is a vibrant, traditional Tamil street theatre that originated in Tamil Nadu over 2000 years ago, known for its high-energy movement, powerful vocal delivery, and rich storytelling.

Following the workshop, we had the privilege to watch the Living Epics: Therukoothu showcase featuring Master Palani Murugan at the Indian Heritage Centre (IHC). Through music, movement, and storytelling, the performance beautifully celebrated the richness of Tamil folk traditions.

Want to train in traditional forms like this? Learn more about actor training at ITI on our website: iti.edu.sg or email [email protected]

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Year 2 students presented a dynamic movement showcase as the culmination of their term’s work. Under the guidance of Movement instructor Lim Chin Huat, students devised a two-part performance that transformed technical drills into creative compositions. Blending body-activating floor work with gymnastics and tumbling, the showcase utilized an encouraging sports methodology to build acrobatic skills and physical confidence in a vibrant celebration of their training.

Year 1 students presented a music visualisation as the culmination of their term’s movement training. In this presentation, under the guidance of Movement instructor Lim Chin Huat, students devised spontaneous movement and storytelling using 16 diverse pieces of music. Tasked with interpreting each track's unique rhythm and mood, they developed individual intentions and group connections in a completely organic, unrepeatable showcase.

Year 1 and 2 students rounded off Semester 1 with their Post Modular Lab (PML) presentations - original, student-driven performances created in response to their recent Immersion in the traditional Indian theatre form of Kutiyattam.

The PML is a key aspect of actor training at ITI, encouraging students to explore, experiment, and develop their artistic voice through independent performance-making. This term’s works reflected deep inquiry into Kutiyattam techniques, through psychosomatic alignment. A combination and alignment of the mind, body, hands, and eyes.

Spend a day at ITI and experience the intercultural training of one of the world’s most unique drama schools!

Through trial classes and conversations with ITI faculty and students, see firsthand how rigorous actor training across cultures, traditions and disciplines advances your artistry and opens your world.

📍 ITI Studios
🗓 10 July 2026
⏰ Limited to 14 participants
📝 Register by 6 July

Open to all levels (17+).
Full day attendance required.
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Year 2 actor-students presented Euripedes’ Medea, in a version by Ben Power. The focus this term is on the application of text analysis and psychophysical approach to acting. "What is the relationship between action, thoughts and speech?"

In Acting for the Contemporary Stage, ITI students explore classical and contemporary works from around the world. Over six weeks of rehearsals, beginning with a composition phase where students creatively responded to the text, they developed ideas for staging and physical vocabulary and explored themes of gender, representation and violence.

Learn more about actor training at ITI on our website: iti.edu.sg